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Luke 11:35

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does Luke 11:35 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
Luke 11:35 — American Standard Version

Context — Luke 11

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
32The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
33No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.
34The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
35Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.
36If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.
37Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Take heed therefore, etc.] By attending to the light of the Gospel, shining in the ministration of it, and do not neglect and despise it: that the light which is in thee be not darkness; lest being given up to a judicial blindness and hardness of heart, not only the light of nature, which the Jews had in common with the Gentiles, but even that notional light and knowledge of divine things, which they had by being favoured with an external revelation, the writings of the Old Testament, should be lost.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“These verses are found in Matthew, but in a different connection. See the notes at Matthew 5:15; Matthew 6:22-23. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“11:35-36 Light and darkness are metaphors for good and evil (John 1:5; 3:19; 8:12; 12:35; Acts 26:18; Rom 13:12; 2 Cor 4:6; 6:14; Eph 5:8; 1 Thes 5:5; 1 Pet 2:9; 1 Jn 1:5; 2:8-9).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Pro 16:25, Pro 26:12; Isa 5:20, Isa 5:21; Jer 8:8, Jer 8:9; Joh 7:48, Joh 7:49, Joh 9:39-41; Rom 1:22, Rom 2:19-23; Co1 1:19-21, Co1 3:18-20; Jam 3:13-17; Pe2 1:9, Pe2 2:18; Rev 3:17 Luke 11:36”
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